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Biography: Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia's 'Iron Lady' by Alistair Boddy-Evans updated 08 August 2016
… of original colonists of Liberia (ex-African slaves from America, who promptly on arrival set about enslaving the … existed, it has been obliterated over the…
PlaceOlivedale , Randburg
… in 1943 by Mr. H. Messias, a diamond dealer who emigrated from Holland, before the Second World War. He established a … where Built by Italian prisoners of…
EventThe cornerstone of Cape Town City Hall is laid
… in 1905. It was designed by architects Reid and Green from Johannesburg and was built in Italian Renaissance style, … buildings to be erected in Cape Town…
EventDinizulu succeeds his father, Cetshwayo, as King of the Zulus.
… who reigned over Zululand, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) from 1872. Dinizulu was recognized as the legitimate heir and … in 1884. This was after Cetshwayo died,…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church and Parsonage, Three Anchor Bay
… months later, on 10 March 1880, the congregation seceded from the Groote Kerk in Cape Town. The stained glass windows date from 1885 and the tower from 1903…
PlaceMamelodi
… pain they endured after their forced removal by Apartheid from areas like Riverside, Eersterust, Marabastad, … in Mamelodi are descendants of people that…
Declaration by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… more than 600,000 members of the African National Congress from thousands of branches across the length and breadth of … of the South African democratic…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Before the mineral discoveries by Emilia Potenza
… From the book: All That Glitters by Emilia Potenza Life in … societies had traded with one another for many centuries. From as early as 100 AD there is…
PlacePretoria Boys High School
… school enrols around 1500 pupils, including 300 boarders, from South Africa and beyond, managed by about a 100 … neoclassical red-brick style main school…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a Luncheon hosted by Prime Minister Tomichi Murayama Tokyo, 5 July 1995
… visitor to Japan is the complete recovery you have made from the devastating effects of war. You have also been … our own path of rebuilding, we shall borrow…
PlaceMvezo, Eastern Cape
… a small Village on the banks of the Mbashe River, not far from Mthatha in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The Village … African Broadcasting Corporation-16…
EventThe first hijacking of a South African Airways plane takes place
… hijacked a SAA Boeing 727 tri-jet, the Letaba, en route from Durban to Johannesburg and Salisbury. The Letaba, which … at Salisbury Airport where the…
PlaceAasvoelkop a Hill on which Northcliff Water Tower Stands, Johannesburg
… some 10 km North-West of Johannesburg. Originates from Dutch, 'vulture hill', this name arouse from before the railway reached Johannesburg, up to a ……
PlaceAlkmaar, a Town Near Nelspruit
… A small Community on the Crocodile River, some 18 km from Nelspruit. Named after a city in the Netherlands which is 32 km from Amsterdam, well known for its…
ArticleThe Cabinet Reshuffle of 2017
… branch by appointing, reshuffling and dismissing ministers from their ministerial duties. According to section 91(2) the … atmosphere and working…
Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers’ party
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 … building of inÂdustrial unions of the mass of workers. From the 1920s onward, a fertile…
EventChristian Institute declared an affected organisation
… opposed to the apartheid regime by preventing them from accessing funding from overseas. Institute members regarded Apartheid as … Political History: a…
EventAfrican-American tennis player, Arthur Ashe. is denied a visa by the South African Government
… The South African government refuses a visa application from the African-American tennis player, Arthur Ashe, to … in South Africa and called for South…
73. The Congress of the People, June 1955
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … National Action Council, the membership of which was drawn from the executives of the bodies that…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Special Sitting of the Senate of the Republic of Chile: Valparaiso, June 8, 2005
… sister capital city, Santiago de Chile - the one separated from our capital by 7059km, and the other by 7675km. Spanish … anti-hero, Don Quijote, is but a…
Cosatu special congress, Day Two: Numsa, Vavi walloped by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 15 July 2015, South Africa
… president S’dumo Dlamini. He bounced back spectacularly from a gruelling first day of the Cosatu special national … that if a vote took place by secret…
EventUN warns Africa of the scourge of HIV
… Addis Adaba that more than eighty million Africans may die from Aids by 2025. The numbers could soar to ninety million, … nearly $200bn is needed to save…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt Revisits "On the Mines" by Jeffrey Ladd, 5 December 2012
… his long out-of-print collaboration with Nadine Gordimer from 1973, On the Mines. Jeffrey Ladd: Alongside the … begun in childhood. JL: One of your earliest…
PlaceSt James, Cape Town
… 26 km South of Cape Town , the Suburb derived its name from the Church of St. James, built there in 1874. The railway line from Muizenburg only reached St…
PlaceTwo Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town Waterfront
… for Adults and Kids alike. See over 3,000 creatures, from the smallest Species to yellowfin tunas and sharks. … the astonishing kelp forest and the penguin…
EventMacassar Gas Disaster (AECI stockpile catches fire)
… of Macassar. [i] News reports confirmed that two brothers from Macassar, who had previously suffered from asthma, died as a result of the harmful gases they…
EventScores of people are killed in Boipatong, Vaal
… attacks on township residents was carried out by armed men from Kwa Madala Hostel in Sebokeng, south of Johannesburg. In … its participation in the…
EventKenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections
… Under his presidency, Kaunda allowed liberation movements from Angola, South Africa, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe … South African security forces in…
EventSevered human leg drops off SAA plane
… A human leg was dropped from a South African Airways (SAA) aircraft as it was … after it landed at the airport. The aircraft had flown from Johannesburg, via…
EventSipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, dies
… where he taught music and performed for young people from the townships. From his home recording studio, he produced a number of albums, his last being From…